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Tipping Versus Cooperating to Supply a Public Good
(2017-02-17)
In some important multiplayer situations, such as efforts to supply a global public good, players can choose the game they want to play. In this paper we conduct an experimental test of the decision by a group with fixed membership, playing over a finite number of periods, to choose between a “tipping” game, in which every player wants to contribute to the public good provided enough other players contribute, and a prisoners’ dilemma, the classic cooperation game. In the prisoners’ dilemma, the first best outcome is ...
Dissertation
Regional Labor Market Disparities
(2012-12-05)
Regionale Arbeitsmärkte unterscheiden sich erheblich hinsichtlich wesentlicher Kennzahlen wie der Arbeitslosenquote, des Lohnniveaus oder der Beschäftigungsentwicklung. Wegen ihrer Persistenz sind diese Unterschiede von hoher Relevanz für die Politik. Die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Literatur liefert bereits theoretische Modelle für die Analyse regionaler Arbeitsmärkte. In der Regel sind diese Modelle aber nicht dazu geeignet, regionale Arbeitsmarktunterschiede endogen zu erklären. Das bedeutet, dass sich die ...
Dissertation
Ertragsteuerliche Behandlung von Anteilen der öffentlichen Hand an Personenhandelsgesellschaften als Betrieb gewerblicher Art?
(2011-09-02)
Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Besteuerung der öffentlichen Hand an Personenhandelsgesellschaften. Hierbei wird der Frage nach der steuerrechtlichen Beurteilung einer solchen nachgegangen. Es wird hinterfragt, ob die in der Rechtsprechung, Verwaltungsanweisungen und Richtlinien der Finanzverwaltung sowie der Literatur vertretenen Auffassungen haltbar sind oder ob diese revidiert werden müssen. Hierzu werden im ersten Teil der Arbeit die theoretischen Grundlagen der sowohl rechtlichen als auch ...
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Uncertainty and Speculators in an Auction for Emissions Permits
(Springer, 2016-04-16)
Auctions have become popular as means of allocating emissions permits in the emissions trading schemes developed around the world. Mostly, only a subset of the regulated polluters participate in these auctions along with speculators, creating a market with relatively few participants and, thus, incentive for strategic bidding. I characterize the bidding behavior of the polluters and the speculators, examining the effect of the latter on the profits of the former and on the auction outcome. It turns out that in addition ...
Dissertation
Sustainable and responsible investments & private investors in Germany
(2017-12-08)
Sustainable and responsible investments (SRI) have grown strongly over the past two decades. While corresponding investment volumes are still rather small compared to those of conventional investments, almost every conventional investment product has a counterpart applying a sustainable and responsible investment strategy (FNG 2016). In light of current developments, an increasing importance of SRI in the future can be assumed. By way of example, SRI can be an important instrument in order to achieve and implement ...
Dissertation
Individuals' (re-)action in the face of global warming
(2015-04-23)
Climate change remains a major challenge for today’s and future societies due to its immense impacts on human lives and the natural environment. This thesis investigates the extent to which individuals are willing and prepared to voluntarily contribute to climate protection and to adjust to new climatic conditions in order to cope with the consequences of climate change and reduce the severity of potential negative impacts. The thesis thereby combines research in the fields of the private provision of environmental ...
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From evolution to co-evolution – An empirical study of the role of innovation, policy and public research in industrial dynamics
(2015-05-28)
In the past decades since Schumpeter’s influential writings economists have pursued research to examine the role of innovation in certain industries on firm as well as on industry level. Researchers describe innovations as the main trigger of industry dynamics, while policy makers argue that research and education are directly linked to economic growth and welfare. Thus, research and education are an important objective of public policy. Firms and public research are regarded as the main actors which are relevant for ...
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An Experimental Investigation into ‘Pledge and Review’ in Climate Negotiations
(Springer Netherlands, 2016-06-06)
A novelty of the new Paris Agreement is the inclusion of a process for assessment and review of countries’ nationally determined pledges and contributions. The intent is to reveal whether similar countries are making comparable pledges, whether the totality of such pledges will achieve the global goal, and whether, over the coming years, the contributions actually made by countries will equal or exceed their pledges. The intent is also to provide an opportunity for countries to express their approval, or disapproval, ...
Dissertation
Emergence of Inter-municipal Cooperation and its Support among Citizens and Local Politicians
(2017-12-21)
Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht das Thema Interkommunale Zusammenarbeit (IKZ) aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Es wird zunächst das Zustandekommen von IKZ im Bereich des Tourismusmarketings anhand von westdeutschen Gemeinden untersucht. Hier wird der Fokus insbesondere auf den Aspekt der regionalen Spillovers gelegt und der Frage nachgegangen, inwieweit regionale Spillovers Einfluss auf die Entstehung von IKZ haben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass Gemeinden, die bei vorliegenden Spillovers die Gelegenheit haben Trittbrett ...
Dissertation
Abuse, Competition, Cooperation: Essays in Behavioral Economics
(2017-03-31)
Summary
This work is composed of four separate essays. Chapter 2 introduces an extortive scenario into the experimental corruption literature. Chapter 3 looks at displaced aggression, using economic experimental methods. Chapter 4 introduces psychological underpinnings into the experimental economic literature on gender and competitiveness. And Chapter 5 offers a solution to a well-known problem in the cooperation literature.
Chapter 2, titled “Mitigating Extortive Corruption? Experimental Evidence”, implements a ...